Vishnou

Sebastian Kurz is to be commended for taking his responsibility as the election winner seriously and wanting to begin coalition talks immediately as opposed to foolish Merkel who decided that a victory by CDU in Lower Saxony several weeks after the general election which the party subsequently lost and lost rather badly would strengthen her hand.

Posted on 10/20/17 | 6:01 PM CEST

tony

Vishnou

Yes, this seems the ultimate in non news. Winner wins. Its why he stood for election. Hmmm

Posted on 10/20/17 | 6:23 PM CEST

Marcus Richards

I would watch this Austrian development as well as European Unity very closely…

Posted on 10/20/17 | 7:25 PM CEST

Vishnou

@Tony: Would anyone expect somebody else would have been asked to form the new government? In addition, very unexpectedly, the golden boy accepted the “offer”….. Wow!! Politics are somehow very often so “unpredictable”…. 🙂

Posted on 10/20/17 | 9:09 PM CEST

alan

There will be shock & horror in Brussels at this outworking of democratic processes, not setting a good example at all

Posted on 10/20/17 | 9:24 PM CEST

mGuy

Wow, this must be a French or German speaking part of European “Union”. The winner of the election is to form a government and that is uncontroversial.